Klarinet Archive - Posting 000268.txt from 1999/05

From: David Blumberg <reedman@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] re: Different pitched Clarinets timbral qualities
Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 00:16:59 -0400

Bill wrote:
Note of explanation: I will admit my ignorance on this subject. I have
never played a clarinet in A, Eb (except alto), or C. But I have also
never heard a recording where I did not hear simply a CLARINET, with the
characteristic CLARINET sound, although occasionally a high-pitched,
squealy one (eefer). Still, I am musician enough to think that the
difference should not be so subtle as to be so completely lost on me. And
if it is lost on ME, I would imagine that vast numbers of others are even
LESS sensitive to the difference. Can you help me understand this anomaly?
Bill Hausmann

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Some players can tell the difference between the A, and the Bb, C and what
system is being played just by hearing it (the timbre of the notes being
played, and the note connections sounding different).

David Blumberg
music@-----.com

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